There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Ver. 34. Careth for the things] Expeditius vacat.
Holy both in body and spirit] For contemplative wickedness and mental uncleanness also greatly displeaseth God. Incesta est, et sine stupro, quae stuprum cupit, saith Seneca (In Declam.); and, Quae quia non licuit non facit, illa facit, saith Ovid. The very desire to do evil is to do evil. The Romans punished one of their Vestal Virgins for uttering this verse only:
" Faelices nuptae! moriar ni nubere dulce est.
Oh! ‘tis a brave thing to be married."
How she may please her husband] As Sarah did Abraham, calling him lord; as Rebecca did Isaac, by providing him the meat that he loved; as Livia did Augustus, by observing his disposition, and drawing evenly with him, being a piece so just cut for him, as answered him rightly in every joint.